text: Officers said a "huge recovery" of what were believed to be controlled substances were recovered in a pre-planned operation in Staffordshire.
  Properties in Manchester, Essex and London are also being searched.
  The suspects are currently in custody and being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
  They include four men from London, aged 25, 28, 29 and 56, a 45-year-old man from Northolt, two men from Poland, aged 32 and 48, and a 44-year-old man from the Netherlands.
  The raids on Friday evening involved officers from the Titan North West Regional Crime Unit and the National Crime Agency.
target: Eight men have been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences after three vehicles were stopped on the M6 motorway.